US EditionTrump tells Democrats no meeting over shutdown until government reopens
- On Oct 21, President Donald Trump met with Republican senators at a White House luncheon and rejected Democratic requests to meet until the shutdown ends, saying `From the beginning, our message has been very simple, we will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs.`
- Dispute over ACA subsidies prompted the standoff as three Senate Democrats withhold support pending extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire Dec. 31.
- Since Oct 1, federal agencies have furloughed thousands and many federal workers are missing paychecks, while WIC and Head Start preschool programs face funding cutoffs, and nearly 2.3 million employees reduce economic growth by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points weekly.
- With a 53-47 Senate majority, Republican senators refuse health funding talks until the government reopens, while some leaders plan to extend stopgap funding past its Nov 21 end-date.
- Democrats are focused on Nov. 1 enrollment, warning restoring subsidies will be harder after sign-ups, while the shutdown suspends Small Business Administration loans and flood insurance.
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No Shutdown Meeting Until Stopgap Funding Approved, Trump Tells Democrats - The Thinking Conservative News
Democrats are demanding Republicans renew Affordable Care Act subsidies in exchange for approving the House Appropriations bill. The post No Shutdown Meeting Until Stopgap Funding Approved, Trump Tells Democrats appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
Trump Says Democrats Holding Government Hostage
President Trump directly accused Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, of holding the federal government hostage during a prolonged government shutdown. He warned that Democrats are using the crisis to force through a partisan agenda, calling their actions an act of political extortion. Speaking from the Rose Garden, President Trump demanded that Democrats pass a clean, bipartisan continuing resolution to reopen the government. He stated plain…
Trump targets 'Democrat priorities' in an effort to end the shutdown standoff
As we enter another week of the government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to apply political pressures to Democrats by threatening to cut their priorities, but so far that has not swayed them to end the standoff.
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